I was sitting at Snakes and Lagers a couple of days ago playing a game of Revolution! – which, it turns out, is not very good at all: it has a serious runaway leader problem in that, if you “win” a round of bidding in the right way, you are more likely to “win” the […]

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Mar

From now on we will call it “shadework”

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

…because apparently people think “greywashing” somehow sounds unethical. I don’t even know, folks. Anyway, some more samples of what shadework would look like, and I wanted a cross-section of pages here so: Click on image for larger version This is another night-time page, but I’ve lessened the shadows (we have here a 20 percent grey […]

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Mar

all the Canadian players will turn on their teams and form the Canadian World Order

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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17

Mar

part seven, page twenty-eight

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site. And so concludes Book Seven! Only one more book to go! We might not be the fastest, but we’re reliable.

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12

Mar

More AL’RASHAD collection discussion

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Well, sort of. This is just a canvassing-interest post. One of the things we’ve been considering as a bonus for the collected edition of Al’Rashad – and the collected edition only – is the use of greywashing to make pages more dynamic. It’s not too complex but it can really make pages pop sometimes. As […]

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11

Mar

“please watch our show” — Marvel, probably

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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11

Mar

Archie Comics: The Improved Story

Posted by MGK Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics, Interactive Fun Time Party

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10

Mar

part seven, page twenty-seven

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

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3

Mar

but it is a great spaceship

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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3

Mar

part seven, page twenty-six

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full As always, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

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Feb

And Godzookie

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

The new GODZILLA trailer: so much fun you can ignore how they are brutally murdering the entire metaphorical concept of Godzilla! — MGK (@mightygodking) February 25, 2014 I started a bit of a minor nerd kerfuffle yesterday on Twitter when I said this, but I’m standing by it. First, a few caveats. It’s an excellent […]

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25

Feb

MGK fixes WrestleMania

Posted by MGK Published in Wrestling

So a lot of wrestling nerds are really upset because instead of doing what basically every wrestling fan alive wants – up to and including Mick Foley – and simply putting Daniel Bryan in the main event, last night’s RAW was used to try and sell the idea of D-Bry going up against Triple H […]

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Feb